Unit 4 Developing ideas 教学设计 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

Unit 4 Developing ideas I. Basic Information Textbook: New Standard English (Revised Edition), Grade 8 Volume 2 Topic: Unit 4 Helping out — Developing ideas Class Type: Listening and Speaking Lesson Class Duration: 45 minutes Students: Grade 8 Students Teaching Aids: 7, textbook, audio, pictures of wild animals II. Teaching Analysis 2.1 Textbook Analysis This lesson is selected from Developing ideas in Unit 4. Based on the theme of animal protection, it continues the unit core theme "Helping out". The 7 contains complete teaching procedures: picture observation, news listening, outline filling, poster completion, pair discussion and grammar explanation. In this lesson, students will know the difficult situations of wild animals and stray animals. Besides, students will master modal verbs expressing possibility including may, might, can, could and must. This lesson focuses on improving students’ listening skills and oral expression abilities, and cultivates students’ awareness of protecting animals. 2.2 Students Analysis Grade 8 students are interested in animals and have basic listening ability. They can understand simple listening information. However, they have some weaknesses. They are poor at sorting out listening outlines. Besides, students easily confuse the usage of modal verbs. Their oral sentences are simple and lack logical expressions. With the help of pictures, audio and conversation templates in 7, students can finish tasks step by step. III. Teaching Objectives 3.1 Language Competence 1. Master key words and expressions: public, shelter, donation, collect, take care of, future homes 2. Grasp modal verbs: may, might, can, could, must for speculation 3. Complete all listening tasks and make short dialogues about helping animals. 3.2 Thinking Quality 1． Analyze the living problems of wild animals and stray animals. 2． Think logically about effective ways to protect animals. 3.3 Cultural Awareness 1. Realize the difficult living conditions of animals. 2. Build the awareness of caring for animals and respecting nature. 3.4 Learning Ability 1． Improve the ability of catching key listening information. 2． Use polite expressions to check background knowledge in communication. IV. Key and Difficult Points 4.1 Key Points 1. Finish all tasks in 7: picture observation, headline selection, outline filling and poster completion. 2. Master the basic usage of modal verbs for speculation. 4.2 Difficult Points 1． Distinguish the possibility degree of different modal verbs. 2． Make logical and complete dialogues about animal protection. V. Teaching Methods teaching method, Task-based Language Teaching Method, Situational Teaching Method and Cooperative Learning Method. The teacher uses pictures and audio to create real situations. Layered listening tasks help students understand the listening materials easily. Pair work is used to improve students’ oral output ability. VI. Teaching Procedures (45 mins) Step 1 Lead-in (5 mins) The teacher shows pictures of panda, sea turtle, snow leopard and a hurt bird on the 7. Ask students some guiding questions: What can you see? Where are they? What’s wrong with the bird? Students observe pictures and answer questions. The teacher concludes that both wild animals and stray animals need our help and introduces the topic naturally. Step 2 First Listening (10 mins) Present Task 1 on 7: Listen to the news and choose the headline. a. Local animal hospitals call for help. b. New animal hospitals need doctors. c. Students help local animal hospitals. 答案：a Students read three choices in advance. Play the audio once and students select the correct headline. The teacher reminds students of the loss of plosion in listening and teaches students phonetic knowledge. Step 3 Second Listening (12 mins) Present Task 2: Listen again and complete the outline for the news. More homeless animals are coming to the local animal hospitals. The number has increased by1 60%.The hospitals don't have enough workers, and they need 2 more money the public food time. They are asking 3the public for help. > Donate money,4food. medicines or your5time to the hospitals. > You can get a 6 pet 6 from the hospitals. Students need to fill in the problems, challenges and help needed. The teacher plays the audio again. Students catch key words such as money, food and public to finish the blank-filling task. Then the teacher checks answers and sorts out the news structure. Step 4 Third Listening (8 mins) Present Task 3: Listen to the conversation and complete the poster. WHAT ARE THE GOALS? We aim to help the animals 1 feel comfortable around people. (This can prepare them for their 2future homes.) It gives people a chance to3. take care of them. HOW CAN YOU HELP? Come and read to the animals 4 Collect books and donate them to the hospital. You can also donate 5money and food. Students fill in the information about animal protection activities, including money, food, future homes and taking care of animals. The teacher explains how speakers check background knowledge by using polite sentences: Have you heard the news? ...you know? Step 5 Grammar Explanation (7 mins) The teacher explains modal verbs for speculation on the 7. 1. may / might: express possibility, might is weaker. 2. can / could: can is often used in negative and interrogative sentences. 3. must: means certainty, only used in positive sentences. The teacher gives examples to help students distinguish different modal verbs clearly. Step 6 Pair Work (2 mins) Present Task 4: Work in pairs and discuss things to do to help animals. Students imitate the conversation sample on 7. They talk about animal problems and protection methods with useful expressions. The teacher invites several pairs to show their dialogues. Step 7 Summary and Homework (1 min) Summary: The teacher concludes the listening skills, modal verbs and ways to protect animals. Emphasize the importance of caring for animals. Homework: First, search for more ways to protect animals. Second, practise the loss of plosion. Third, post a vlog about helping animals. VII. Teaching Reflection 7.1 Advantages This lesson is completely designed according to the original 7. The teaching links are complete and logical. Layered listening tasks conform to students’ cognitive level. The combination of listening, speaking and grammar helps students consolidate knowledge. Meanwhile, moral education is permeated to cultivate students’ love for animals. 7.2 Problems Some students have difficulty in distinguishing modal verbs. A few students cannot catch listening details quickly. Their oral dialogues lack flexible expressions. 7.3 Improvement Measures Design simple exercises to consolidate modal verbs. Play the audio repeatedly for slow learners. Provide more useful expressions to enrich students’ oral language. Encourage students to take action to protect animals in daily life. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $